Word: circuitousness
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...began what will likely be the Boss's last haul around the circuit for a while, and fans are descending in pickups, limos, vans, customized hardtops and road-weary convertibles onto his Super Bowl-size venues. This week and next he will be playing on home turf, six nights at New Jersey's Giants Stadium, which will hold, with field seating, 60,000 people at a time. The size of all this may be a little hard to grasp, but try using this for scale: the Beatles, appearing at Shea Stadium in 1965, played before 56,000 people, one time...
...over four decades built and ran American International Group, the global insurance giant, is as focused as ever. He still manages two AIG offshoots, Starr International and C.V. Starr, investment firms that control billions of dollars of AIG stock. He's a regular on the Manhattan dinner circuit, where society's glitterati greet him warmly. He works out daily with the same discipline that guided his long career. The only thing that's changed is the way the 80-year-old does his daily push-ups: using a "slow burn" strategy of fewer repetitions but a painstaking pace...
...since 2001, Nadal won four straight tournaments on Europe's clay-court circuit this year to shoot from 51st to 3rd in the world rankings, behind Federer and Hewitt. On his 19th birthday, he ousted Federer, his idol, in a four setter in the semis at Roland Garros, spawning a rivalry with John McEnroe-Bjorn Borg potential. Nadal even apologized to the Swiss superstar for beating him. "He's already mentally tougher than Federer," says seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander. "That's scary...
...speculation that politics was behind the move is "exactly wrong," a career Justice Department prosecutor involved in the case told TIME. Government attorneys were caught off guard in February by a circuit-court ruling that severely limited the payout they could seek from Big Tobacco, said Justice Department officials. Under the racketeering statutes cited in the case, the government could not recommend a penalty for any past wrongdoing and instead was restricted to proposals geared to prevent and restrain future action. Prosecutors scrambled to adjust their case. The solution, based on recommendations by longtime Justice lawyers...
Along with the Black and White, Princeton and Wisconsin have absolutely ruled the lightweight circuit throughout the years...